POLS 3802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Commerce Clause, Missouri Pacific Railroad, Bird Creek
18 Apr 2017
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The federal government brought this lawsuit against the state of arizona in order to challenge the constitutionality of arizona"s anti-immigration law. In july 2010, the u. s. department of justice won when u. s. district judge susan r. bolton blocked the enforcement of the most controversial parts of arizona"s law, just days before the law was to go into effect. The state appealed to the u. s. court of appeals which upheld the injunction in a 2-1 ruling. Supreme court granted review of the case on december 12, 2011 and heard the arguments on. Arizona"s controversial law, which seeks to supplant the federal government in enforcing immigration laws in arizona, is in direct conflict with the text of the u. s. constitution, the document"s drafting history, and its federalist structure. Notes: paramount development in american constitutional history, federal powers b. i. Exclusive: enter into foreign treaties, declare war b. ii. 439 enactments that said the feds were preempting the states. b. ii.
